MX2010008204A - Inverted drainholes. - Google Patents

Inverted drainholes.

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MX2010008204A
MX2010008204A MX2010008204A MX2010008204A MX2010008204A MX 2010008204 A MX2010008204 A MX 2010008204A MX 2010008204 A MX2010008204 A MX 2010008204A MX 2010008204 A MX2010008204 A MX 2010008204A MX 2010008204 A MX2010008204 A MX 2010008204A
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Prior art keywords
inverted
drainholes
producing
drainhole
laterals
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MX2010008204A
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Spanish (es)
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Kenneth Doyle Oglesby
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Regency Technologies Llc
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/061—Deflecting the direction of boreholes the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0035—Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/30—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells
    • E21B43/305—Specific pattern of wells, e.g. optimising the spacing of wells comprising at least one inclined or horizontal well

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Sewage (AREA)

Abstract

A method and apparatus for creating inverted laterals or drainholes (106) having an inverted or upwardly inclining bore in a producing interval from a generally vertical wellbore (103) and a method for drilling, completing, and producing from such a drainhole.
MX2010008204A 2008-02-02 2009-02-02 Inverted drainholes. MX2010008204A (en)

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US6332308P 2008-02-02 2008-02-02
US12/362,620 US7934563B2 (en) 2008-02-02 2009-01-30 Inverted drainholes and the method for producing from inverted drainholes
PCT/US2009/000679 WO2009097158A1 (en) 2008-02-02 2009-02-02 Inverted drainholes

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MX2010008204A true MX2010008204A (en) 2010-09-28

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WO (1) WO2009097158A1 (en)

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